Blue Vision (6 Viewers)

[morpheus_xx]

To implement the un-/watched symbol for a series, I have to count the number of un-/watched episodes per series. Any idea how to do that?

I have no full example, and I'm also not sure if it is supported this way yet.
Query of MediaLibrary is done like shown here in "LatestMediaModel": https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...ts/Media/Models/LatestMediaModel.cs#L118-L132.

You need to pass AspectIds (Guid) as argument which needs to be loaded and can supply filters on aspect information.
For "watched" filter feature I have added those 2 queries: https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...riteria/FilterByPlayCountCriterion.cs#L48-L61.
Returning count of both groups.

But all ways mean there needs code to be written before you can access this information from skin.

 

[ge2301]

@morpheus_xx
For the image part I have a problem, that the pictures in the FanArtArea are all burry (see screenshot). I faced the same already with other skins in MP2, seems to be a general problem.


I found solutions, which unfortunately did not work in MP2. I guess DX11 is required or WPF code not implemented:
Solutions: UseLayoutRounding="True" / SnapsToDevicePixels="True" / RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode ="True"

MovieFanArts look fine, is there something in between in FanArtHandler, that causes this effect? Any other solution?

 

[morpheus_xx]

My guess is the limited resolution of thumbnail, full image is not used here

 

[ge2301]

Thanks to the great help of @osre the new menu is almost implemented!

Missing is the description of the selected menu item, which will remain until another item is selected. So no need for the white bars below and above the item any more The description "movie" is only a dummy so far.

 

[ge2301]

@osre
the description of the selected menu item shall be shown next to shutdown button.
Currently there are menu groups (icons in the top) and "normal" menus (as series, movies, videos, TV-guide,...). For all of them are from my understanding Guid ID's available.

My idea is to show the description of the last selected ID. Example: when the video symbol in the top bar is pressed "video hub" will be shown, but when in next sub menu movies is selected "movies" will be shown.
By this every view has something like a headline which gives a better overview

Do you think it's possible to get the last active guid ID and it's localized description?
With current code it is not I think.

 

[morpheus_xx]

I think it is possible to bind to the "SelectedItem" of the group list view, then you should be able to access "[Name]". Have to check for example...

 

[osre]

I think what ge2301 wants is to Display the title of the last selected menu item, no matter if it was a Group or an actual menu item.
Since the Groups are no real menu items, the selected item won't help here.
In code behind this would be quite simple in the HomeMenuModel.
But I think it also might be possible in XAML.
You could attach an Trigger to the SelectionChanged Event of the list views for the Groups and the menu items.
In the Trigger you would have to set the Content of the Label to the [Name] of the new Selected ListItem.
Not sure if this is possible.
If not we need a simple Event handler in HomeMenuModel that sets a property like "LastSelectedMenuItem".
In XAML the Event could be bound to both list views directly or to an outer container, since Events are bubeling quite nicely now
The model backed Approach would work for sure and it would take about 15 min to implement.

 

[ge2301]

You could attach an Trigger to the SelectionChanged Event of the list views for the Groups and the menu items.
In the Trigger you would have to set the Content of the Label to the [Name] of the new Selected ListItem.
Not sure if this is possible.

Also not sure, if this will work, but I will give a try Problem I see is, that the description label is defined in Menu_bare.xaml and the trigger will come for the list view of group menu and the sub menu views. Not sure how to link it. Since I'm new in xaml it's a chance to learn it by doing (trying). In case I stuck I'll come back to you

 

[ge2301]

For those, who want to try, the branch is also added finally to GitHub:
https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2/tree/FEAT_BlueVision²_v1

Currently the skin is still shown as ApolloOne in the skin selection menu. Don't be confused

 

[osre]

@morpheus_xx
Is the EventManager Branch already merged into this?